Flower Notes:
White (Small, unpleasantly-scented white flowers appear in late June)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Summer foliage); Purple (Russet to dull purple fall foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Blue (Small blue-black fruits are slightly bloomy and persist into winter; not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to different soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Elliptical leaves are glabrous above, lighter and pubescent below (especially on veins). Leaf size is variable, generally 1-2" long and 0.3-1" wide. Young stems are pale green and pubescent, whereas older stems are gray. Branches spread horizontally and leaves are distichously arranged (in one, flat plane).
